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Folded Paper Jewelry That Makes Origami Look Chic

Hila Rawet Karni's jewelry items look so luxurious, you'd never guess they're made of paper. As an accessory that often falls victim to changing fads...

Sanserif Creatius Brings Recycled Cardboard Furniture to UAE

Thanks to a recent feature in Sadiyaty Magazine, residents of the UAE may soon be interested in recycled cardboard furniture. The latest issue of Sadiyaty...

Aya Kaya’s Online Upcycling Tutorial For Turning T-Shirts Into Bags

Before grabbing another polluting plastic bag, learn how to easily make a cloth bag out of items you already have lying around. Sustainable Israeli designer...

Paper Carton Furniture Is No Pulp Fiction

Paper pulp furniture is stronger than it looks. Bamboo has been praised for several years as the most sustainable material for furniture (due to its...

Hannukah Workshop To Teach the Miracle of Upcycled Lighting

Sustainable designer Aya Tager will teach upcycling workshops this month so that the lighting miracle of Hannukah can continue beyond the holiday's 8 days. The...

Ancient Middle East Craft is Knitting Bridges

Often-ridiculed craft with ancient Middle Eastern roots serves as gentle conduit to change.  It’s pretty much agreed that the origins of knitting are placed somewhere in...

Fair Trade Bike Chain Menorah Good for Environment and for Artisans

Made by artisans who receive fair wages while upcycling metal products, this bike chain menorah is sustainable for people and the environment. In our recent...

Modular Flower Store Keeps Shoppers on Their Toes

Shoppers at Zerim-Liftan's specialty store will never know what layout design to expect, as it is modular and ever-changing. The modular design concept - which...

Miraculously Sustainable and Upcycled Hannukah Menorah Designs

Can't find your old Hannukah menorah?  Israeli designers come up with clever alternatives. With the Jewish Hannukah holiday only a few weeks away, many Jews...

Jerusalem Design Week Uses Design to Heat Our Reactions to Climate Change

Jerusalem's second annual Design Week will generate awareness of climate change through design and show off some local sustainable designers. Jerusalem will host the grand...

Adital Ela on Making Light From Wind (INTERVIEW)

What Adital Ela has to say about making light from wind, and other sustainable design ventures. We recently learned about Israeli sustainable designer Adital Ela's...

Godspeed Sustainable Design Team Does Pop Up Shop in Jaffa

A team of two designers, Godspeed, will be creating furniture from raw and trashed materials in Jaffa within the framework of a single hour. Pop-up...

Lamps Made With 50% Sawdust, Some Plastic Bags, and Some Ingenuity

Made from sawdust and plastic bags alone, these adhesive-free lamps take leftover materials and make them shine again. Plastic bags are an (unfortunately) abundant material...

Israeli Artist Transforms Rockets Into Roses

Blacksmith and artist Yaron Bob creates beauty and a message of  hope from  deadly rockets. Karen asked on our post about jewelry made from upcycled...

Mannequin-made Chair Puts Human Form in Motion

When this mannequin free falls, low-carbon-footprint chairs with "human" form are made. Israeli designer Ezri Tarazi, the head of the Industrial Design Department at Israel's...

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Inside the Private Terminal Experience: The Luxury, Privacy, and Efficiency Behind Every Private Jet Flight | Hera Flight

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